51st Missile Division

51-я ракетная дивизия

Military Unit: 54196

Commanders:

• Major-General Igor Demyanovich Statsenko, 1.7.62 - 4.1.63

Activated 1.7.62 in Romny, Sumy Oblast, from the 43rd Missile Division, under the 43rd Missile Army.

Statsenko and parts of the HQ arrived in Cuba 12.7.62. HQ was based near Santiago de las Vegas.

4.1.63 united with the 43rd Guards Missile Division, and disbanded.

Organisation 10.62:

• 514th Missile Regiment at Sagua la Grande with 8 R-12 missiles

• 539th Missile Regiment at San Cristobal with 8 R-12 missiles

• 546th Missile Regiment at San Cristobal with 8 R-12 missiles

• 564th Missile Regiment at Remedios with 0 R-14 missiles

• 657th Missile Regiment at Guanajay with 0 R-14 missiles

Support Units:

• 9th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 514th Missile Regiment)

• 187th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 539th Missile Regiment)

• 208th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 546th Missile Regiment)

• 350th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 564th Missile Regiment)

• 484th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 657th Missile Regiment)

• 1048th independent Communications Battalion

• 000 independent Engineer Battalion

Important dates:

• 1.7.62: division activated at Romny, Sumy Oblast

• 12.7.62: Statsenko and parts of the HQ arrived in Cuba

• 19.7.62: advance parties of the five regiments arrived in Cuba, to begin scouting positions

• 10.8.62: the first regiment arrives in Cuba

• 9.9.62: the first 8 R-12 missiles arrives in Cuba on motorship "Omsk" - a total of 36 combat and 6 training missiles would arrive in Cuba

• 16.9.62: first nuclear warheads leaves Severomorsk, Soviet Union, on the motorship "Indigirka" - arrives Mariel, Cuba, 4.10.62 (all R-12 warheads delivered by 15.10.62)

• 20.10.62: 514th Missile Regiment goes on alert duty

• 23.10.62: motorship "Aleksandrovsk" arrives with the first R-14 warheads at La Isabela, Cuba

• 25.10.62: 539th Missile Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 546th Missile Regiment goes on alert duty

• 27.10.62: the 1st Battalion of the 546th Missile Regiment goes on alert duty

• 28.10.62: all missiles and positions ordered dismantled

• 29.10.62: dismantling begun

• 1.11.62: motorship "Aleksandrovsk" leaves for the Soviet Union with the R-14 warheads

• 5.11.62: motorship "Divnogorsk" leaves for the Soviet Union with the first four R-12 missiles

• 9.11.62: motorship "Leninskiy Komsomol" leaves for the Soviet Union with the last eight R-12 missiles

• 12.12.62: the last RVSN personnel leaves Cuba

• 4.1.63 all units disbanded, and absorbed by their replacement units